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As of May 25, there will be 568 polling stations in 67 foreign countries for Bulgaria’s July early parliamentary elections, the Foreign Ministry said. According to the analysis of the ministry, voting machines will be used at about 300 of these polling stations, in 24 countries. A decision by the Central Election Commission in regard to this is awaited. The short-lived 45 th National Assembly voted amendments to the Electoral Code, including that at polling stations where more than 300 voters...

Washington, D.C. – Joint IRI/NDI Pre-Election Assessment Delegation Releases Report on Preparations for Ethiopia 2021 Elections: Following a high-level virtual pre-election assessment delegation conducted from April 9 to 26, the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the International Republican Institute (IRI) announce the release of their joint report on the preparations for Ethiopia’s elections scheduled for June 5, 2021. The joint IRI/NDI delegation was led by: Ambassador Johnnie Cars...

Changing the CEC was one of the goals of the Electoral Code amendments, the only major legislation passed by the 45th National Assembly before it was dissolved, having failed to vote a new government in place. With Radev setting the early parliamentary elections date for July 11, the new Commission will be tasked with implementing all the other changes to electoral law, including the use of machines as the primary means of voting and the possible increase in the number of voting precincts abro...

47 Shares Coalition negotiations following the Bulgarian parliamentary election in April have failed to produce a government. With the country now set to hold a new vote later in the year, Julia Rone reflects on how Bulgarians living abroad have sought to make their voices heard. The parliamentary election held in April in Bulgaria saw the ruling Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) experience a substantial fall in support, with six different parties entering parlia...

12:44 • 10.05.21 The amended Electoral Code, which the National Assembly passed in the second reading last week, do no, unfortunately, envisage any changes in the voting rules for the upcoming snap parliamentary elections, a lawmaker of the ruling political force said today. "We were waiting in the hope that there would be a clearly expressed position with the president - in connection with this legislative package - to allow us to have the kind of content that would be possible to sign with...

Central Election Commission, Kamelia Neykova, hopes the CEC will not be held hostage between battles in parliament. "The CEC cannot have a bad image, no matter who gives the valuations. The society will give its valuation on our work. I am uncomfortable with the way everyone justifies themselves with the CEC for the achieved results," she said in the morning block of BNT. According to her, machine voting is a good solution, although it hides its risks. "There are provisions in the law that gu...

7 May in 12:20 Armenias National Assembly ended its special session during which the ruling My Step bloc unanimously approved the draft of the new Electoral Code with 82 votes in the first reading. The discussion on the draft in the second and final reading will be held today at 6:30 p.m, News.am reported. 1365 views

Parliament adopted changes to Electoral Code lowering minimum threshold for parties to enter parliament Armenias National Assembly adopted in the second and final reading the legislative package on Making Amendments and Addenda to the countrys Electoral Code ahead of just several weeks before snap parliamentary elections slated for June. The legislative changes were approved by 81 votes in favor cast by the lawmakers from the ruling "My Step" faction.  The legislative changes envisage lowering...

7 May in 21:35 The Parliament of Armenia approved the amendments to the Electoral Code of the country in the second reading. The changes were approved by 81 votes in favour. There were no deputies who spoke out against or abstained. According to the amendments proposed by the ruling My Step party, the passing barrier for parties is reduced from 5 to 4 per cent, and for blocs of three parties, it is raised from 7 to 8 per cent. For alliances of four or more parties, it is raised to 10%. 2535 v...